Professional Gardening Tips
COREOPSIS – FLOWER OF THE YEAR Coreopsis (said as core-e-OP-siss) is a popular flower—among the top ten perennials— with many new cultivars (cultivated varieties) to choose from in recent years. Coreopsis generally resist deer feeding, is drought tolerant once established, and being quite care-free are good for beginners and low-maintenance gardens. They’re popular, too, with pollinators, and provide seeds for […]
Information on 50+ Perennials INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL The regular use of chemicals will control chewing and sucking insects and most fungus disease, preventing damage before it starts.
Information on 50+ Perennials PREPARING PERENNIAL BEDS Spade deeply . . . 12 to 15 inches. If some plants are growing in the bed, remove them and “heel” them into a small trench. Add humus and drainage material … Stir or break up sub-soil if possible. Perennials do not like “wet feet.” Put drainage material (small rock and gravel) in […]
A background is a must. Use a hedge, shrub border, a trellis, a fence, or a wall. Perennials prefer full sun and well-drained soil. Choose plants that will give continuous bloom. A good arrangement is tall plants in the back, low ones. in the foreground, and medium ones in the middle with strong accent plants placed irregularly in the middle […]
Plant Perennials To Have More Beauty with Less Work Perennials are an indispensable part of every garden, regardless of size. They are a source of background in color and size and provide an abundance of cut flowers. The long-time standard favorites peonies, iris, delphinium, phlox, chrysanthemums, and a few others, together with the newer plants given us by the hybridizes […]
Edging your garden provides a clean crisp look. Your garden borders will stand out when there’s a clean edge between the planting area and your landscape paths, driveway, sidewalk, and your lawn. Common edging, such as stone, wood, or brick, provide an optimal appearance keeping the plants in the garden bed while keeping the lawn out, but it isn’t always […]
PERENNIALS FOR BORDERS OF PONDS AND STREAMS (Well-drained soil) SUNNY LOCATIONS Brunnera macrophylla [Anchusa myosotidiflora] (Siberian Bugloss) Chrysanthemum uliginosum (Giant Daisy) Cimicifuga racemosa (Cohosh Bugbane) Grasses (Ornamental Grasses) Hemerocallis, in variety (Daylily) Iris, in variety Lythrum Salicaria (Spiked Loosestrife) Myosotis palustris semperflorens (Dwarf Perpetual Forget-me-not) Tradescantia virginiana (Spiderwort) Trollius europa;us (Globeflower) SEMI-SHADY LOCATIONS Anemone japonica (Jap. Anemone) Cimicifuga racemosa (Cohosh […]
Perennials requiring additional water drainage to help them survive. Recommend adding pumus,sand or do a raised garden if you are having problems keeping these perennials alive. PERENNIALS REQUIRING WELL- DRAINED SITUATIONS Arabis alpina (Alpine Rockcress) Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) Aubrietia deltoides (Purple Rockcress) Coreopsis grandiflora (Tickseed) Delphinium hybrids (Delphinium) Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove) Echinops Ritro (Steel Globe […]
Information on 50+ Perennials PERENNIALS WHICH WILL GROW IN POOR SOIL Achillea serrata (Millfoil or Yarrow) Ajuga genevensis (Geneva Bugle) Alyssum saxatile (Goldentuft) Arabis albida (Wallcress) Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer) Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink) Dianthus plumarius (Grass Pink) Eryngium campestre (Hundred Thistle) Euphorbia Myrsinites (Myrsinites-like Spurge) Geranium sanguineum (Blood Red Cranesbill) Geranium maculatum (Spotted Cranesbill) Gypsophila paniculata (Baby’s-breath) Helianthemum vulgare (Rock […]
There is a group of plants that the garden literature warns us against with such phrases as “spreads rapidly” or “tends to get weedy,” or “not for refined areas.” These plants gradually have been outlawed from the aristocratic seclusion of the perennial border. But they can take care of themselves once they have been given a start and may become […]